Introduction

LSE Ventures Limited (PSX Ticker: LSEVL) has been created from the successor company of former Lahore Stock Exchange (LSE) oversees and make equity-oriented investments in emerging and growth-stage companies as well as also provide late-stage capital to such companies needing critical financing for bootstrapping their future operations.

LSEVL with the primary responsibility manages the legacy equity investments having been made by the erstwhile LSE from the time of its functioning as a stock exchange. These investments make LSEVL a key stakeholder in the domestic capital market because of being a major shareholder in many critical capital market infrastructure companies, like Pakistan Credit Rating Agency (PACRA), National Clearing Corporation of Pakistan Limited (NCCPL), Central Depository Company (CDC), and Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited (PMEX). LSEVL aims to invest in such well-managed companies, which already have a somewhat successful commercial record and demonstrable future growth strategy.

The company fulfills the expanded mandate of investing in positive cash flow generating emerging companies with strong entrepreneurial leadership, clear laid down future strategy and an acknowledged competitive edge over their peer, by way of equity, preference shares and other private financing instruments.